Its very easy to get carried away...one off parts and top quality man hours add up fast, and then you are faced with the fact, I am this far into it...should I stop and loose $$...or at least finish it enjoy it, and then loose $$...

The driving force behind this car was a guy who attended the same Wisconsin college that I did. There was a piece on this car in one of our Alumni newsletters. They used a lot of parts off of a Pontiac Safari wagon. There was a site that showed the entire build process. It really took quite awhile. Great car, though. These guys deserve a lot of credit. I think it was sold by the builder(s) a year or two ago. This must be the second owner.

...There was a site that showed the entire build process. It really took quite awhile. Great car, though. These guys deserve a lot of credit. I think it was sold by the builder(s) a year or two ago. This must be the second owner.

I don't think any part of that car was part of a complete 54 vette when he started. Looking at his site, it looks like he may have bought a repro front end, some junkyard rear end bits, and installed them (craft-fully) onto the Safari station wagon.

I don't think any part of that car was part of a complete 54 vette when he started. Looking at his site, it looks like he may have bought a repro front end, some junkyard rear end bits, and installed them (craft-fully) onto the Safari station wagon.

That's really apparent when looking at this '56 Safari. Check out the chrome strips on the tailgate.

If you REALLY, REALLY had to have one, imagine what a real one would cost...then imagine how many $$$'s it would cost you to create one...then consider the cost of this one on Ebay and $400k doesn't sound so bad. But you'd have to want one BAD!

It would be to much money for me at almost any price because I have no desire for it. The quality of the build will only matter to the person who looks at that car and says "I have to have it", finding that person is hard enough and finding that person that is also able and willing to part with that kind of money will be close to impossible.

It's a nice car and on first blush looks very much like the original. However, it is far from correct. The original car had the same wheelbase but was much smaller dimensionally. To fit a '54 Vette front clip onto a Nomad or Safari requires widening the clip. The dimensions of the original was very close to that of a production Vette. The passenger car windshield is very short compared to the '54 Nomad. The closest reproduction to the original car is being produced by Superior Glassworks in Oregon. It is very close although it too is slightly off in some areas. Every piece of glass on the '54 original is different from the production Nomads. The roof is smaller. The tailgate is different as are the chrome strips on the tailgate. The original car was built on the lengthened frame of the original '53 Corvette Motorama car. It is unknown whether it had an engine and if it did, whether it ran. I would be proud to have the "Zander" clone (the one on Ebay) but I think $400,000 is a little much. With the bodies Superior is building I believe a much more accurate reproduction of the original car is possible. I know of one person who is planning such a build if he can secure the funding. I hope he does.